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FrightFest

25 August – 29 August 2016

They Call Me Jeeg Robot
They Call Me Jeeg Robot

Frightfest returns for 2016 with a new sponsor - the Horror Channel - and a strong line-up of films, including 19 world premières and 35 UK and European premières. Opening with Sean Brosnan's My Father Die, which will be introduced by the the director himself, it features contributions from 16 countries. There will be a symposium on women in horror, a series of masterclasses and panel discussions, and an award for the genre's foremost rising star, provided in partnership with Screen International. Over 200 genre directors and stars are expected to be in attendance.

The festival runs from August 25 to 29.

Other years (19)

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Latest reviews

  • Red Christmas
    Review preview for Red Christmas

    The family setting gives this a lot more depth, allowing for complex relationships that make the interaction of the terrorised characters much more interesting than that of the usual screaming teenagers.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A mysterious stranger with extreme religious views turns a seasonal family gathering upside down.
  • Dawn Of The Deaf
    Review preview for Dawn Of The Deaf

    The final moments of this film, as bodies shamble out of the shadows, capture the real darkness of the zombie genre in a way that recalls the best of George Romero's work.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When a sonic pulse turns the hearing population into zombies, what effect will it have on the lives of the deaf people who survive?
  • House Of Salem
    Review preview for House Of Salem

    It's the introspective nature of the drama that makes the film genuinely sinister, and its silences are as effective as its frantic action scenes.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Kidnappers become a child's unlikely protectors after finding out that they have been unwittingly set up to take part in a deadly game of human sacrifice.
  • My Father Die
    Review preview for My Father Die

    A raw, blistering work which audiences witness rather than watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young man is out for revenge.
  • The Chamber
    Review preview for The Chamber

    An engaging, riveting watch.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A submarine endeavours to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea off the dangerous shores of the Korean Peninusla. When an explosion causes it to overturn and take on water, the four-man crew enter a pressure cooker situation.
  • We Are The Flesh
    Review preview for We Are The Flesh

    It may be derivative, underdeveloped and twee, but it has force of personality.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Wandering through a ruined city, a young brother and sister discover a building inhabited by a mysterious hermit who offers them sanctuary.
  • Let's Be Evil
    Review preview for Let's Be Evil

    Morris is good but has to work very hard to keep us interested.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Three people are recruited to act as supervisors in an institute for gifted children, but things don't go as they expected.
  • The Evil In Us
    Review preview for The Evil In Us

    One might fairly say that The Evil In Us is cobbled together from scraps of other films, but it's nicely shot and edited and looks, overall, much better than one would expect with that in mind.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Six friends fall foul of a drug-borne virus which turns users into vicious, unreasoning cannibals.
  • 31
    Review preview for 31

    It's exploitation cinema but it's made with care.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A group of carnival performers are kidnapped and forced to fight for their lives in a deadly maze.
  • The Neighbour
    Review preview for The Neighbour

    There's an extra treat for US fans because of the casting of Engvall, the self-described 'sitcom dad', in his first ever horror role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    What is the guy next door doing in his basement?

A–Z of FrightFest 2016 reviews

Features

  • The guy next door
    Bill Engvall on swapping comedy for horror in The Neighbour.
  • Car trouble
    Ivan Silvestrini on taking on the desert to make Monolith.
  • Zeroing in
    Adam Levins on Population Zero, storytelling and the documentary art.
  • Portrait of the artist
    Laura Casabé on art, psychiatry, Argentinean cinema and Benavidez's Case
  • Up from the depths
    Stewart Sparke and Paul Butler talk Frightfest, women in film, HP Lovecraft and The Creature Below.
  • Prepare to be scared
    Five Frightfest films to send shivers down your spine.

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